Peter Pan (Viking Kestrel Fiction)

Peter Pan (Viking Kestrel Fiction)

by J.M.Barrie (Author), J.Ormerod (Illustrator)

Synopsis

"Peter Pan" is one of the most famous children's stories in which the eponymous hero leads the Darling children on a wild adventure to a magical land where they never grow up and which is peopled with fairies, pirates, redskins, mermaids and the infamous Captain Hook. "Peter Pan" was first performed as a play in 1904. Although the original idea for Peter Pan first appeared in an adult novel of Barrie's, "The Little White Bird", the children's version was not set down on paper until 1911. Jan Omerod has illustrated many picture books including "Sunshine", "Moonlight", "101 things to do with a baby" and "Rhymes around the day"

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 04 Jan 1988

ISBN 10: 0670808628
ISBN 13: 9780670808625

Author Bio
James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was born in Scotland. He moved to London in 1885. He had a high reputation as a playwright, with productions including Quality Street (1901) and The Admirable Crichton (1902). Peter Pan was first produced on stage in 1904 and in 1911 he turned the story into a book.